BLB Ecc 5

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Ecc 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for [he that is] higher than the highest regardeth; and [there be] higher than they.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

thou seest		Ecc 3:16; Ecc 4:1; Psa 12:5; Psa 55:9; Psa 58:11; Pro 8:17; Hab 1:2,3,13
marvel		Zec 8:6; 1Jo 3:13; Rev 17:6,7
matter		Heb. will, or purpose. Isa 10:5-7,12; Isa 46:10,11; Hab 1:12; Act 4:27,28; Rom 11:33
for		Isa 57:15; Luk 1:32,35,76
regardeth		1Ki 21:19,20; Job 20:19-29; Job 27:8-23; Psa 10:17,18; Psa 12:5; Psa 58:10,11; Psa 82:1; Psa 83:18; Psa 140:11,12; Isa 3:15; Isa 5:7; Isa 59:13-16; Jer 22:17-19; Eze 22:6-14; Amo 5:12; Amo 6:2-6,12; Amo 8:4-7; Mic 2:1-3,9; Mic 3:1-4,9-12; Mic 6:10-13; Zec 7:9-13; Mal 3:5; Jam 2:13; Jam 5:2-7
higher than they		1Ch 21:15,16; Psa 95:3; Isa 37:36; Mat 13:41,42; Act 12:7-10,23

Correlating Passages

thou seest

	Ecc 3:16	And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
	Ecc 4:1	So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.
	Psa 12:5	For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
	Psa 55:9	Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
	Psa 58:11	So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
	Pro 8:17	I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
	Hab 1:2	O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!
	Hab 1:3	Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause [me] to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up strife and contention.
	Hab 1:13	[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?

marvel

	Zec 8:6	Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
	1Jo 3:13	Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
	Rev 17:6	And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
	Rev 17:7	And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.

matter

	Isa 10:5	O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
	Isa 10:6	I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
	Isa 10:7	Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
	Isa 10:12	Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
	Isa 46:10	Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
	Isa 46:11	Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken [it], I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed [it], I will also do it.
	Hab 1:12	[Art] thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
	Act 4:27	For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
	Act 4:28	For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
	Rom 11:33	O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

for

	Isa 57:15	For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
	Luk 1:32	He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
	Luk 1:35	And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
	Luk 1:76	And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

regardeth

	1Ki 21:19	And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
	1Ki 21:20	And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found [thee]: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
	Job 20:19	Because he hath oppressed [and] hath forsaken the poor; [because] he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
	Job 20:20	Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
	Job 20:21	There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
	Job 20:22	In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
	Job 20:23	[When] he is about to fill his belly, [God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain [it] upon him while he is eating.
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	Job 27:8	For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
	Job 27:9	Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
	Job 27:10	Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
	Job 27:11	I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.
	Job 27:12	Behold, all ye yourselves have seen [it]; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
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	Psa 10:17	LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
	Psa 10:18	To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
	Psa 12:5	For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.
	Psa 58:10	The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
	Psa 58:11	So that a man shall say, Verily [there is] a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
	Psa 82:1	[[A Psalm of Asaph.]] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
	Psa 83:18	That [men] may know that thou, whose name alone [is] JEHOVAH, [art] the most high over all the earth.
	Psa 140:11	Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
	Psa 140:12	I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
	Isa 3:15	What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
	Isa 5:7	For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
	Isa 59:13	In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
	Isa 59:14	And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
	Isa 59:15	Yea, truth faileth; and he [that] departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw [it], and it displeased him that [there was] no judgment.
	Isa 59:16	And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
	Jer 22:17	But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].